Ball-cock.



BALL-COCK.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l} Srnimn'r ALLisox Soo'r'r, building contractor, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, residing at 49 lleid road, in the city of Dunedin, in the British Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful linprovenients in BalhCocks, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description 01 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to produce a self filling cock of the class actuated by a float, that in rising with the incoming water, allows the valve to be closed by the said water and in fallin with the outgoing water presses the said valve from its seating and between guides which prevent it from vibrating consequent upon the rush of water.

Referring to the accompanying drawingz-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the tank to be kept full, and the cock being in section also. Fig. 2 is a section of a similar cook but turned more down.

The tank D, which may be of any dimensions, has an inlet pipe G externally screw-threaded and. provided with a backing nut G. This pipe extends through the wall of the tank and terminates in an enlarged downwardly inclined chambered head B the chamber being indicated by the reference character B and having a plurality of guides B in the wall thereof. The said guides converge toward the inlet pipe G and extend to the point where the bore of said pipe opens into the said cham her. The wall of the chamber B slightly converges in the opposite direction toward a yielding or soft seat I having an opening therethrough. and held in place by a gland H, and within the chamber a ball valve A of suitable hard substance, such metal or glass, is mounted, said valve when in engagement with the opening of the seat Tr serving to shut oft the inlet of water to the tank. The gland ll is formed with an outwardly iared opening ll" through which projects the reduced upwardly curved end of a lever T1 connected to the main lever B, the latter having a float l attached thereto. The lever E is :fulcrunied upon a bracket C carried by the head B The Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1912.

'zation of parts shown in Fig". 2

it atented ll Pay it H Eltl t Serial hie. 1 12328.

guides 13 extend substantially the entire lenyth of chamber B, as shown, and by their converged or tapered COIlStl'LlGtlOll, op-

crate to prevent vibration of: the ball valve it during its full movement when pushed army from its seat by the lever E, and these guides are rigid and insure a positive action of the said valve. lt will be observed. that the lever E, in releasing; the valve from its seat, operates with a prising action, owing to the position of the said lever and the shape oi": the end. thereof which engages the valve. This lever action requires far less power than the straight outpush and as there is considerable re sistance against displacement of the valve by the pressure of water thereon through the inlet, the unseating of the valve may be more readily accomplished by the particular arrangement of the lever B as eX- plained as well by its shape.

Tn Fig. 2 too constructimi is practically the same as that shown in Fig. 1, except that the head T3- is at a greater angle or at a right angle to the inlet pipe G and an adjus ug means for the lever E to accommodate varying; pressures is shown at E whereby the said lever it may be varied as to its position relatively to the lever l3, or the said lover it may be shittcd to diti'erent positions on the device for supporting the same and held by said lever E. This adjustable feature for the lever l may also be in like manner applied to the construction shown in Fig.1. 1. The organiis in other respects similar to that illustrated by Fig. 1.

What is claimed is:

The combination, with a tank; of a water inlet pipe mounted in one of the lower corners of said tank and having; an enlarged, downwardly-opening, terminal head formed with a chamber into which the bore oil said pipe opens; a gland fitted in the open end of said head and formed with an outwardly-- flared opening, the inner end of which openii'ig has a valve seat assoi'ziatcd therewith; a ball. valve movable within said chamber and normally held by the pressure of the incoming water in closed position against said seat; a float-lever fulcruined upon said head; and a valve-operating lever pivoted to the lower end of said float-cver directly adjacent the fulcrum of the latter and having a reduced, upwardlycurved end which projects into said gland opening and In testimony whereof, I have hereunto normally rests directly agalnst the ad acent set my hand in presence of two subscrlblng Wall of that opening and is supported there- Witnesses.

by, the terminal of said operating lever STEWART ALLISON SCOTT. extending into the opening in the valve seat Witnesses:

in position to engage and unseat said valve HENTON MAGAULAY DAVEY,

when said float-lever is actuated. J OHN RICHARDSON.

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